Would it look bad if I went to regular school then online school?

Applying to College
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Would college admission officers not accept me if I went to regular school for freshman and sophomore years but my junior and senior year online school?

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Can somebody please answer me?

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My guess is that the people who have an educated opinion-- parents and school college placement people-- probably have been busy with school or housework during the last hour and haven’t been online.

I’m taking a quick laundry break, but have no answer beyond a probably unfounded gut reaction that an online school might not look as good as a brick and mortar.

But, again, that’s my gut talking, no real experience in this area.

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It depends on the quality of the online school and the reason you prefer online school, and what else you do besides online school.

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coolweather the school is Connections Academy - Wisconsin

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hi, i attended connections academy (Different state than you) and the reputation of the school is not bad. my school broke away from connections academy and changed its name, but regardless i attended online school all through high school, and was admitted to penn state university park, university of pittsburgh, university of new mexico main, and waitlisted at carnegie mellon and emerson college, as well as admitted to a bunch more universities with over 50% accept rates. another advantage to cyber school vs traditional homeschool is that you can still apply through the normal routes and do not have to pick the home-school application process, which is different. just make sure to form relationships with your teachers so good recommendations can be written on your behalf, and be proactive on having test scores and transcripts sent when it is time.

edit to agree with @coolweather in extracurriculars still remain hugely important, and if you will not be able to do the ECs you currently do in your public/private brick and mortar school, i would consider it heavily, and consider the reasons you are doing it. switching schools for any reason during high school, even from public to private or due to a move or another reason, is difficult and complicates the college process.